* Note: Although “Mrs. Jadene L. Patterson” of Long Beach is listed on WWII casualty rolls as Clarence’s next of kin, family accounts state that this was a fraudulent claim by “Jadene” for his life insurance payout. Clarence’s parents, Lillian and Clarence Patterson Senior, were tenant farmers in Texas; he also had two older sisters, Pauline and Iris. Thanks to Michelle Hildebrand for this information.

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Patterson was born in Oklahoma and raised in Texas. He still had family there, as shown by this notice in the Denton Daily Record from 20 December, 1941.